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Research in radioactive waste management - law of december 30. 1991
| Author | ANDRA |
| Date | November 1995 |
| Classification | 2.02.4.10/16 (FRANCE - WASTE (ANDRA)) |
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From the publication:
LAW n° 91-1381 of December 30, 1991 on Radioactive Waste Management Research (1) NOR: INDX9100071L The National Assembly and the Senate have enacted, and The President of the Republic hereby promulgates the Law with the following provisions: Article 1 - High-level, long-lived radioactive waste shall be managed in a manner that ensures the protection of nature, of the environment and of public health, and that respects the rights of posterity. Article 2 - Article 3-1 below shall be inserted under Article 3 of Law n°. 76-663 of July 19, 1976 on facilities subject to restrictions relative to environmental protection: "Article 3-1 - Underground disposal of any type of dangerous substance in deep geologic formations shall be licensed by the administration. Licenses are granted or renewed for limited periods only, and may therefore require retrievable disposal. Disposed materials shall be retrieved when the license expires. "The conditions under which certain exceptions may be made to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, allowing licenses to be granted or renewed for unlimited periods, shall be set forth in a future law" Article 3 - Radioactive waste from foreign sources shall not be disposed of in France, even if it was reprocessed on French territory, nor shall it be stored beyond what is customary and normal after reprocessing. Article 4 - The Government shall submit an annual report to Parliament on the status of research on high-level long-lived radioactive waste management and studies conducted in parallel, including: -research on partitioning and transmutation of long-lived radioactive elements in the waste; - evaluation of options for retrievable or non-retrievable disposal in deep geologic formations, particularly through the creation of underground laboratories; and -study of immobilization processes and long-term surface storage techniques for the waste. The annual report shall also describe the status of foreign research and construction projects. No more than fifteen years after the promulgation of this Law, the Government shall submit an overall assessment of the above research to Parliament, together with a draft law authorizing, if appropriate, the creation of a disposal facility for high-level, long-lived radioactive waste in which the specific functions and requirements of the facility are set forth. Parliament shall have the reports reviewed by the Office Parlementaire d'evaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques (Parliamentary Commission on the Assessment of Scientific and Technological Choices). The reports shall be made public. The reports shall be prepared by a National Review Board consisting of:
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